MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F060.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2506051200F060.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 60 hour GFS valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 40.28,-87.87 Latitude: 40.28 Longitude: -87.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 52 SFC 981 215 21.0 19.2 89 1.8 19.8 171 11 295.8 298.4 293.7 337.3 14.45 2 950 496 19.5 18.0 91 1.5 18.5 173 23 297.0 299.5 293.5 336.8 13.78 3 900 960 17.1 16.0 93 1.1 16.4 194 27 299.1 301.5 293.4 336.5 12.80 4 850 1448 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 211 29 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.6 11.92 5 800 1959 12.1 10.3 89 1.8 11.0 224 32 304.0 305.9 292.7 333.5 9.89 6 750 2498 9.0 6.7 85 2.3 7.7 229 32 306.4 307.9 292.1 331.4 8.25 7 700 3067 5.4 4.6 95 0.8 4.9 240 33 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.8 7.62 8 650 3670 1.4 0.5 94 0.9 0.9 253 36 310.5 311.7 291.6 329.5 6.12 9 600 4310 -2.3 -5.9 76 3.6 -3.9 260 43 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.6 4.12 10 550 4996 -6.5 -11.2 69 4.8 -8.4 263 46 316.4 317.0 290.6 326.0 2.95 11 500 5735 -10.8 -16.5 62 5.8 -12.8 267 51 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.0 2.10 12 450 6538 -15.1 -23.9 47 8.7 -17.5 263 57 324.2 324.4 291.3 328.5 1.23 13 400 7418 -21.1 -30.9 41 9.8 -23.1 262 53 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.72 14 350 8389 -28.7 -37.6 42 9.0 -29.9 263 47 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.43 15 300 9474 -36.6 -43.4 49 6.8 -37.2 262 39 333.8 333.8 293.0 334.8 0.27 16 250 10711 -46.1 -50.4 61 4.4 -46.3 259 49 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 17 200 12158 -56.6 -60.1 64 3.5 -56.7 257 62 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 13962 -58.7 -75.7 9 17.0 -58.9 259 71 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.01 19 100 16508 -60.0 -84.9 2 24.9 -60.3 279 51 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.99 m Freezing level: 630.92 mb = 3914.00 m = 12841.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.65 mb = 3785.61 m = 12419.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.73 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.96 mb = 441.68 m = 1449.06 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1079.65 m = 3542.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 38.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 430.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 511.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.07 mb = 845.98 m = 2775.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.07 mb = 2095.50 m = 6874.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.07 mb = 10013.27 m = 32851.53 ft B at Equ Level: 510.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.07 mb = 12921.78 m = 42393.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 328.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 3.08 Bulk Shear: 165.99 m/s